PoliticsOpponents misjudged the CIS’s longevity, Lukashenko says
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said opponents of the Commonwealth of Independent States made a strategic mistake by expecting it to last only briefly. He recalled that external forces openly sought to manipulate newly independent states after the Soviet Union collapsed, and said the policy continues today.
Opponents misjudged the CIS’s longevity, Lukashenko says